[taraytarah]

This isn’t the crook that Obama knew.

3-16-08 Chicago Sun-Times:

"Is Rezko still a friend?

“Yes,” Obama said, “with the caveat that, obviously, if it turns out the allegations are true, then he’s not who I thought he was."

[The Duke]

"The government believes that Rezko's schemes cheated victims out of over $10 million," assistant U.S. attorney Reid Schar wrote in one filing.

And government employees probably booked $50 million in costs to nab him.